The combined municipality has approximately 92,518 inhabitants (March 2019)[7] and is thus the third most populated municipality in Limburg (after Maastricht with 125,000 and Venlo with 103,000 inhabitants). Since February 2020, the city has been governed by a coalition of CDA (Christian Democrats), GroenLinks (Green) and the local parties GOB and Stadspartij.[8]
The highway connecting the centres of Sittard and Geleen, the Rijkswegboulevard, has been rebuilt to be a main route for cycling and walking. The cycling and walking provision is both generous and continuous. Side road junctions, or crossroads, are made 'subordinate'. The carriageways have been narrowed to one 3m lane in each direction. Parking places have been made, in small groups, at the side of the carriageways. These are made to be 'not easy to use for larger vehicles' and so the road centre is marked as a place for delivery vehicles to stop. Information supplied by the highway engineers: Büro für Stadt und Verkehr (BSV), Aachen, Germany.
To the west, Sittard-Geleen borders on Belgium, while to the east, it borders on Germany.
Mike van Diem (born 1959, grew up in Sittard) a Dutch film director [11]
Rineke Dijkstra (born 1959 in Sittard) a Dutch portrait photographer
Laurence Stassen (born 1971 in Sittard) an independent politician and a former freelance TV presenter
Caspar Poyck (born 1973 in Sittard) a Dutch-American actor, public speaker and chef [12]
Myrthe Hilkens (born 1979 in Geleen) a Dutch journalist, non-fiction writer and politician
Mo'Jones (formed 2000 in Sittard) is a funk, soul and pop band
Sport
Leo Horn (1916 in Sittard – 1995) an international football referee, newspaper columnist and textile manufacturer
Jan Krekels (born 1947 in Sittard) a retired cyclist, 1968 Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial
Huub Stevens (born 1953 in Sittard) a football manager and former defender with 397 club caps
Wilbert Suvrijn (born 1962 in Sittard) a retired Dutch footballer with 341 club caps
Lambert Schuurs (born 1962 in Sittard) a retired handball player and ultra-long-distance runner
Arnold Vanderlyde (born 1963 in Sittard) a former Dutch boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals
Wil Boessen (born 1964 in Sittard) a Dutch retired football player with 397 club caps and manager
Ton Caanen (born 1966 in Geleen) a Dutch football manager.
^In isolation, Geleen and Gelaen are pronounced [ɣəˈleːn] and [ʝəˈlɛːn],[tone?] respectively.
References
^"Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2001]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^"Burgemeester Hans Verheijen" [Mayor Hans Verheijen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Sittard-Geleen. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^"Postcodetool for 6131LB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
^"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^"Kerncijfers - Gemeente Dashboard". sittard-geleen.incijfers.nl. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
^Addendum coalitieakkoord 2020-2022
^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 October 2019
^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 October 2019
^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 October 2019
^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 October 2019
External links
Media related to Sittard-Geleen at Wikimedia Commons